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How Starting an Investment Business Nearly Got Me Indicted
A wild, true story of finance, racism, and international money laundering
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Ramaswamy’s ‘Diversity Arbitrage’ is Really Paying Off
Who knew running for president could be so good for business?
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Musings on College Life and the Decline of a Superpower
A much-needed departure from the depressing grind of analyzing current events
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Repealing the Last Half of the 20th Century
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Dixie Ain’t Just in the South
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The FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Seizure Could Pose Trump’s Biggest Legal Problem Yet
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Republicans Have Turned Their Base Into Unwitting Hostages
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Racism is Often the Lowest Common Denominator
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Repealing the Last Half of the 20th Century
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority wants to return us to a past that never existed
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What TF is Going on with Professional Golf?
LIV Golf’s deal with the PGA Tour is about a lot more than sportswashing
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Dixie Ain’t Just in the South
A few thoughts on America’s original sin
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Republicans Have Turned Their Base Into Unwitting Hostages
How manufactured crises convince the GOP base to act against their own self-interest
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Why Can’t Joe Be More Like Mike?
President Biden could learn a lot from how Michael Corleone responds to threats
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Not All Bank Failures Are Created Equal
Remembering the bank founded by Jackie Robinson and how regulators dealt with its demise
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